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Star player T.Y. Hilton pushed himself this summer so he can defend FIU’s Sun Belt Conference championship By Pete Pelegrin ’96 If you were looking for T.Y. Hilton this off-season as he prepared for his upcoming senior season you were likely to find him on the beach or with his parents [...]
FIU, the defending Sun Belt Conference champion, has been picked to repeat as champion in the preseason coaches’ poll. The Panthers also earned seven Preseason All-Sun Belt selections, including Heisman hopeful T.Y. Hilton being selected as the Co-Preseason Offensive Player of the Year along with North Texas running back Lance [...]
As FIU football gears up to defend its Sun Belt Conference title, expectations are high. Blue Ribbon Football Yearbook picked FIU to win the 2011 Sun Belt Conference Championship, as well as named senior wide receiver and Heisman hopeful T.Y. Hilton as the Offensive Player of the Year. Hilton was [...]
Last week, the Florida Legislature convened its 60-day session in Tallahassee, and the university hosted another successful FIU Day in the Capitol. A delegation of students, administrators, faculty, and nine members of the Board of Trustees traveled to Tallahassee to advocate for FIU’s legislative priorities. The decade-old tradition was started [...]
By Pete Pelegrin ’96 Kyle Field in College Station, Texas – Home of the 12th Man — is one of the most hostile stadiums to play in for an opposing college football team. Yet that notion was lost on the FIU Panthers this past September. That night on Texas A&M’s home [...]
By Pete Pelegrin ’96 MAYBE THEY KNEW A boisterous, energetic, record crowd of 19,872 filled FIU Stadium for the season opener against Rutgers. The Panthers led the Scarlet Knights 14-13 in the fourth quarter before falling, but as nearly 20,000 would see, this was a different FIU team this season. [...]
Many thanks to Pete Pelegrin for sharing this story. If you aren’t familiar with Pelegrin’s blog, The Prowl, check it out today. You’ll be glad you did. Sometime this spring when the Hilton family redecorates their living room they will really need to find some trophy space. FIU star receiver [...]
FIU football fans have reason to smile: T.Y. Hilton, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, will be back wearing jersey #4 for his senior season this year, skipping the NFL Draft at this time. Hilton, a.k.a. Goodbye, made the news official on Jan. 12. “In the past three [...]
With only four seconds left on the clock, a field goal by kicker Jack Griffin gave FIU a 34-32 win in its first-ever bowl game in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Dec. 26 at Ford Field in Detroit. Check out a slide show of the historic game: When it looked [...]
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